Browsing Design, Architecture & Art, School of by Subject "Minnesota."

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    • Echo: Elemental Architecture as a Method of Cleansing Freshwater in the Wake of Industrialization 

      Iliff, Kara (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      Existing as a force powerful enough to shape the face of the earth, yet delicate enough to sustain the life within our bodies, water is an element with which humans have continuously sought balance. Water has eternally ...

    • Emergent Urbanism: Architectural Place-Making in Response to A Minnesota High Speed Train Network 

      Sortland, Nicholas (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      The way existing cities are set up and built is unsustainable, and risky. The bulk of new growth is occurring on the fringe of cities, where the streets and buildings have been designed for the automobile as the primary ...

    • Emerging Connections : developing transit corridors in Minneapolis - St Paul 

      Judovsky, Colby; Stottler, Nathan (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      There is a new era coming to University Avenue on the rails of the new Green Line light rail extension. In position to create an important connection between Minneapolis and St. Paul, and to enhance the already existing ...

    • Emerging connections : developing transit corridors in Minneapolis-St. Paul 

      Stottler, Nathan; Judovsky, Colby (2014)
      A new era is coming to St. Paul’s Hamline-Midway neighborhood on the rails of the new Green Line light rail extension. There is a potential for the Green Line expansion to bring about a flourish of growth and positive ...

    • The end of the Mill: A Forensic Interpretation of Swany White and Reconstruction of a Local Brewery 

      Miller, Joseph (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      The End of Mills; A Forensic Interpretation of Swany White and Reconstruction of a Local Brewery addresses the question, “How can the loss of the last Century old flour mill in Minnesota be commemorated?” For an architectural ...

    • Environments for Aging 

      LaGrange, Stephen (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      This thesis examines alternative living environments for the fast growing population of baby boomers heading into retirement. The main idea is to use sustainable design within a natural environment to stimulate the well ...

    • Events Machine 

      Arlt, Robert (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis explores the relation between narrative and (im)material: investigating traditional means of making architectural media while testing and generating representation with film (narrative) in the pursuit of a ...

    • Expanding Experiential Perception 

      Denault, Allison (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      By understanding the affects of built space on those who have limited physical or mental abilities, we are able to create space that could facilitate their very specific needs. Currently, there are many ways to facilitate ...

    • Flight: Reducing the Environmental Impact of Air Travel while Incorporating Nature within Architecture 

      Brown, Justin (North Dakota State University, 2019)
      How can an airport be designed to be sustainable, highly efficient, economical and a destination for people to travel to? Often an airport is the first thing people see when traveling to a new place, and all too often the ...

    • Flood Research Center 

      Wright, Richard (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      This project will outline research into the flood prevention methods in nature and in the man-made world to translate into a new innovative inland flood research center design in Moorhead, Minnesota. This project was in ...

    • Ford Park: Creating Hydrologically Sensitive Connections to the Mississippi Riverfront System 

      Miller, Mark (2016)
      The main question this study aims to answer is how can we create an urban space that celebrates the riverfront at all times of the year, while still creating viable flood protection? Other questions considered are, what ...

    • Form Through Photo 

      Mueller, Peter (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      How can photography can influence architectural design? By looking at case studies, this thesis assesses how geometry, permeability and reactions can influence the architecture of a historic building in Minneapolis.

    • From Chaos to the Dinner Table: Transforming the Relationship of Production and Consumption in the Mill District of Minneapolis, MN 

      Burmeister, Brooklyn (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      How can the rituals surrounding the dinner table inform our customs of production and consumption to create architectural space that resides in the transformative gap where consumer is producer and producer is consumer? ...

    • Game Play: Promoting Park Retention, Physical Activity, and Social Interaction in Central Minneapolis through Pokemon GO 

      Malecek, Kyle (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      It’s become increasing obvious how technology has impacted and influenced our everyday lives. People are constantly on their phones, laptops, tablets, or gaming consoles for entertainment and staying connected with their ...

    • gAstronomic Innovation : a new methodology for nutrition education 

      Muckenhirn, Joshua (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      The title of the thesis is gAstronomic Innovation: A New Methodology for Nutrition Education. The question being investigated is, how can architecture be used as a tool to ultimately improve society’s overall health and ...

    • The Genesis Project : exploring the convergence of architecture, music, & life 

      Halvorson, Timothy (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      Music is an innate human quality that provokes physical, mental, and spiritual responses both consciously and subconsciously, and consequently, has the capacity to change the environment. Architecture can be designed as a ...

    • GI JOE: Green Infrastructure for the Average Joe 

      Swanson, Zachary (2012)
      The landscape that supports our cities is often invisible to its inhabitants. This thesis examines how landscape infrastructure can communicate in our lives. The fabric of our cities stitches together the intricate systems ...

    • Growing & Aging- a new way of connecting generations 

      Lillegaard, Sara (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      “Growing and Aging: a new way of connecting generations,” is an exploration of a new architectural typology that tries to fill in the generation gap existing between young people and our aging society. When looking at the ...

    • The growing city: an exploration in high density living 

      Kierzek, Drew (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      The goal of this thesis is to explore the effects on a city’s density in correlation with the needs of that city. In certain areas, there is a growing need of housing. This absence results in longer commutes and less ...

    • Growing greenways : a multimodal trail system for Moorhead, Minnesota 

      Nipstad, Daniel (2015)
      The following thesis relates to the Fargo-Moorhead buyouts for the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion. More specifically it will be focuses on Moorhead’s side of the Red River and their additional concern of the results of the ...